Cotton

Cork Meets Cotton: Textile Innovation at Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles 2026

Exhibition News Elham Habibi - 0
Drink your wine… then make fabric from the cork! One of the materials that really caught my attention at Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles 2026 was...
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Fiber & yarn

Kenya’s Cotton Revival Shifts Focus From Farming to Textile Manufacturing

Thika Cloth Mills says Kenya’s renewed cotton production could support a wider industrial value chain encompassing ginning, spinning,...
Africa

Climate Change Puts Africa’s Cotton and Textile Ambitions Under Pressure

Africa’s ambitions to expand its textile and apparel manufacturing industry are becoming increasingly linked to a challenge that...
Africa

Benin Plans to Triple Local Cotton Processing as Textile Industry Expands

Benin is moving to increase its domestic cotton-processing capacity from 40,000 tonnes to 140,000 tonnes as part of...
Africa

Africa’s Cotton Industry Holds Key to Millions of Textile Jobs, Experts Say

Africa's cotton industry could become one of the continent's strongest drivers of industrial growth, employment, and economic transformation...

Uzbekistan to prioritize local cotton for their textiles industry

Fiber & yarn
Uzbekistan; Cotton over the marketing year (MY 2020-21), Uzbekistan expects to grow around 3.1 million cotton bales. A survey from the International Textile MagazineTextilegence says...

Benin starts training session on PRC machinery to boost cotton sector

Middle East and Africa
About 225 agricultural operators in Benin recently started a month-long training session on Chinese expertise in farm machinery operation. The target is to improve cotton...

Better Cotton Sourcing Reaches Record 1.7 Million Tonnes in 2020

Fiber & yarn
In 2020, 192 Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) retailer and brand members sourced a record 1.7 million tonnes of Better Cotton, despite the severe disruptions...

Nigeria’s Cotton Market Sees Rebound After Textile Forex Ban

Middle East and Africa
By: Fatima Muktar The volume of production and consumption of cotton in the country rose by at least 7.5 per cent in 2020 after the...

SIMA appeals for withdrawal of import duty on cotton

Textile Market
Stating that the imposition of 10 per cent import duty on cotton is a severe blow for the cotton textile value chain, The Southern...

Cotton Exports to China Increased Significantly

Textile World
Chinese ports’ cotton stocks are primarily from India, which ends the battle between India and China. As input from cotton traders and international businessmen in...

Cotton: A Golden Opportunity for South Africa?

Fiber & yarn
BY: COBUS DE BRUYN Cotton is considered one of the world's greatest poverty alleviating crops, with 150 million people worldwide relying on it for income. According...

Sustainability – the Prime Focus for the U.S. Cotton Industry

Fiber & yarn
Since Covid-19, it has been observed globally that sustainability has been one of the topics that has gained attention among the brands, retailers and...

Indian Cotton Market Is Finally Witnessing A Boom Time

Economy News
By Vimal Verma The 2021 cotton market has started with a bullish trend. ICE Cotton futures for its March contract is already trading at USC...

Lidl Switzerland Introduces Cotton Made in Africa Certified Clothing

Middle East and Africa
Supporting Sustainable Cotton and African Farmers Lidl Switzerland, the Swiss branch of the global supermarket chain, has announced the launch of Cotton made in Africa...
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